Cheers for the pointer. Don't think they're better than the originals, personally, but it's nice to see that someone's trying -- not very enamoured of the Ramhorn and Steeljaw moulds that KFC have done, either.

I haven't touched the originals; never got them, but by all first-hand accounts and photogalleries, Onslaught/Impactor is an atrocious figure.

Coupled with the fact that this is a sci-fi looking cybertronian-vehicles and whatnot gestalt [lots of ticks there for lots of fans], I can see why this is such a fuss. And that Onslaught does do justice to the cgi model.

Not entirely sure that stocky thing is better than the official Onslaught. The combined mode is nicer but it looks worse in robot mode so at best I'd call it a wash. Personally I don't see the point in upgrade kits for a toy that most fans don't actually seem to like, especially when Fansproject's Bruticus is still so popular and it's only a matter of time before somebody makes a G1-styled Bruticus from scratch. I guess some folks who really like the FoC style will buy it, but that sounds like a really small niche market even compared to most third-party stuff.

it's only a matter of time before somebody makes a G1-styled Bruticus from scratch.

There's already one coming. Realistic-type, based on G1. Appears to be huge as well. Can't seem to locate the thread on tfw2005 right now.

There's another add-on kit for FOC Bruticus up for preorder at BBTS which seemed to be very popular with the fandom interested in it; I suppose the same people interested in an add-on kit for their Bruticus would be interested in a brand new core figure, which is what people were asking for ever since release.

Those things look like they're going to be massive. Nice alt modes, robot modes are pretty good, although the limb-bots suffer from odd proportions and i'm not sure about the wispy hands they all have.